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Academic year 2018-2019 saw Cedrick May, Associate Professor of English well-known for his publications in the fields of early African-American culture and the digital humanities, achieving a new type of writing success—this time in screen-writing. Dr. May was one of three grand prize winners of the prestigious and highly competitive 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script Competition, with his submission The Guardian named Web Series winner. The Guardian, according to the prize announcement, features "the son of a deceased revered superhero [who] sets out to learn more about his father but quickly finds himself entangled in a dark mystery he could have never imagined. With a fresh take on the superhero genre, the series sustains itself with the deeply personal look at the people behind the cape." Dr. May received a cash prize in addition to, "consultations with the ScreenCraft team, and personal introductions via phone to top managers, agents and producers who specialize in drama and comedy TV development and production." Judges of the Screencraft Competition included executives from companies behind major television shows such as Orange is Not the New Black, Game of Thrones, The Wire, The Sopranos, and many more.
In addition, another of Dr. May’s screenplays, Home Invasion, which focuses on a man struggling with his inner demons while his family is away, placed as a top 15 finalist in the 2019 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund.